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Foord Avenue, Hurlstone Park raingarden concept design

Foord Avenue, Hurlstone Park raingarden concept design
​The City of Canterbury Bankstown has recently received feedback from the community on concept designs for a raingarden at Foord Avenue, Hurlstone Park.
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14/12/2017

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14/12/2017

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​The City of Canterbury Bankstown has recently received feedback from the community on concept designs for a raingarden at Foord Avenue, Hurlstone Park.

Construction will be undertaken between April and June 2018, weather permitting.

Currently, the stormwater from Foord Avenue discharges in an uncontrolled manor directly from the kerb and gutter over the footpath and down an embankment to the Cooks River. This results in scour and untreated stormwater flowing directly into the Cooks River. The bank has also eroded and formed a scour hole where the flows are discharging.

Council proposes to capture the stormwater from the street and treat it within a newly constructed raingarden. The raingarden will also control the flow of water and will use native plants to prevent excess nutrients from entering the Cooks River.